To assess and control opportunities for revenue leakage whether internally or externally and bring it to agreed business acceptable levels.
To support activities in the company to assess and control opportunities for revenue leakage that could occur pre-launch, during launch, and post-launch of new or changed product/service/subscriber promotion/incentive program/key network element or billing system change.
To ensure accurate and prompt reporting of Postpaid, Prepaid, VAS, TD-LTE Revenue and cost of sales of MTNIrancell.
To generate all relevant analyses and related month-end info required for management reporting.
Responsibilities:
To communicate with business operations about the ownership, nature, timing, and extent of the activities to be conducted by a team and business through communication sessions
To liaise with internal/external auditors and group revenue assurance and fraud teams to provide the required information
To research, document, and implement the industry’s best practices regarding To revenue assurance leakage prevention and detection
To support the RA manager in identifying best practices in revenue assurance, analyze and design methodology for implementation
To support the development and establish the internal revenue leakage processes and systems
To support the insertion of revenue assurance activities as a part of documenting business procedures
To prepare a report on the leakage levels and quantify the loss to the business within the financial analysis.
To take the ownership of delegated module in the revenue assurance system, identify the requirements, and deliver it through the business case for future system integration and delivery
To assess and report on revenue enhancement / direct cost reduction opportunities
To provide inputs on various revenue assurance projects and initiatives including ad-hoc projects handed over by management
To undertake quality checks of revenue leakage cases to ensure they comply with legal requirements and locally adopted procedures
To follow business processes in the company with a special emphasis on revenue/direct cost recognition.
To support a manager in identifying and documenting revenue assurance risks and control points across business, RA objectives, and activities to meet such objectives
To provide inputs to the RA manager in evaluating the impact score of each activity – based on the likelihood of occurrence of a discrepancy and the significance of the discrepancy
To provide inputs to a manager in prioritizing activities to be conducted by RA over the year and decompose the RA plan into quarterly/monthly/weekly plans
To support a manager in identifying resources needed for conducting various planned RA activities and support the determination of budget requirements – people (number and skills), tools, processes, etc
To coordinate with a manager and with source divisions to obtain data required for conducting various revenue assurance activities
To conduct various revenue assurance activities as planned and/or directed by a manager. This may include conducting/assisting other members of the revenue assurance team in their activities as directed.
To document observations to be followed up with business divisions (especially marketing and cr and digital) to identify the root cause of confirmed observations, determine financial impact, and prepare recommendations
To obtain management buy-in on observations related to RA specialist activities
To support the preparation of reports to the revenue assurance and fraud management steering committee and senior management as requested by the RA manager
To document all issues in an issue tracker and record all RA observations sent for clarifications/information requests/clarification requests etc – the same may incorporate an escalation matrix in case of non–provision of required information/clarifications/data beyond defined timelines
To evaluate business rules, reconciliation logic, and all parameters in revenue assurance tools relevant to ra
To coordinate with other teammates who are in charge of new products and changes to determine comments on the development/change of products
To document ra activity procedures to capture ra objectives, inputs required to conduct the test, source of each input, procedure used to conduct the test – including detailed logic, tools/scripts used in conducting the tests, expected outputs, reviewing the procedures to document issues (including issue documentation templates), issue review within a team, notification of issue to relevant divisions (including identification of responsibilities for issue resolution), escalation matrix for issue resolution including timeframe for such resolution and standards for exceptions including key performance indicators.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in Computer, IT, Telecom, or other related areas; a Bachelor's degree in Financial Management, Accounting, or a related discipline is favorable.
Experience:
At least 3 years of experience in an area of specialization; with 2 years of experience in conducting revenue assurance activities.
Experience working in a medium organization and telecom.